April 25, 2016

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Obama meets with EU leaders to address unity problems, nixes the idea of a UK-US trade agreement.

Cruz and Kasich join forces, each to bow out in certain states to let the other go alone against Trump.

America should embrace Europe’s “right to roam” laws, where hikers don’t get in trouble for trespassing. #opinions

Clinton campaign coordinates with PACs to spend millions of dollars on social media commenting.

Latest Republican excuse on climate change: Palestine.

Clandestine club for Hollywood conservatives dissolves; speculation says infighting over Trump drained commitment.

“Game of loans: Westeros finds itself in a sovereign debt crisis.”

Hollywood complains about needing to cast white people to play Asian characters, blames Asian actors for not being bankable stars.

Fascinating window into Prince’s home with the Los Angeles Jehovah’s Witnesses.

“A short film about a birthday party you weren’t invited to.” #video

Story of an American soldier who became a brutal enforcer for an international cartel. #longreads

In case you haven’t been told to read it yet: Tiger Woods and the Navy SEALs. #longreads

When the FBI’s bluff is called on flawed hair forensics, doubts grow about thousands of past convictions.

If you’re wondering why Goldman’s mortgage-securities bankers didn’t go to jail for the “big short”—read the SEC emails.

In a harrowing United Shades of America, black comedian W. Kamau Bell joins the Klan for a cross burning.

Harriet Tubman once led Union gunboats into Confederate waters to free 750 slaves—and other badass feats from the new face of the $20 bill.

A poem is my money. Poet Eileen Myles’ biggest payday came when she was fictionalized on a TV show.

Your Monday poem: “Halloween in the Anthropocene, 2015” by Craig Santos Perez.

Ninety-year-old ex-senator tells the story of how he lost a wife and found a husband.

I wish my fellow Christians would resist the urge to spice up the Seder with a hearty dose of the New Testament and Jesus.